Best year yet. Officially moved to Nashville on January 1st and hit the ground RUNNING.
20 countries and 258 hrs of flying later I sit here at the end of the year looking back on all God has done.
Some of the most notable moments:
- We survived Scotland’s worst storm since 1703.
- Rented a penthouse in Vienna where I proceeded to get deathly sick from an orange.
- Went to Disney for the first time in my life. They call me a Disney adult now.
- Drank so much blueberry juice in Finland I love it so much.
- Got to do shows at all of my bucket list venues like MSG, Red Rocks, The Gorge, and more. So incredible.
- Explored so many medieval castles and churches I’ve lost count.
- Got a performance I PM’d nominated for an MTV award!
- Failed so hard at reading foreign menus. (as seen in slide 7)
- Ate so much McDonalds with Josh we’re rebranding to McMelted.
Thankful for all the incredible people in these photos and those I didn’t have a photo of! Thank you to all the artists who trusted me this year to take care of their tours. 2026 will be even better than ever!!
#MELTED
Grateful for a full year with the BZ camp! So many bucket list shows and unforgettable nights. Ringing in the new year tonight on CBS starting at 10:50 PM CST. Join us!!
ARTIST :: Bailey Zimmerman
MANAGEMENT :: The Core Entertainment
MANAGEMENT :: Cheif Zaruk / Simon Tikhman / Tracy Martin
BASS :: Chris Chiarcos
DRUMS :: Max Miller
GUITAR :: Brendan Orchard
TOUR DIRECTOR :: Braden Griffith
TOUR MANAGER :: Jenn Laski
PRODUCTION MANAGER :: Chris Roberts
PRODUCTION COORDINATER :: Ava Bernard
ROAD MANAGER :: Cobi Spencer
STAGE MANAGER :: Matt Bevis
MERCH MANAGER :: Lex Hunter
FOH AUDIO :: Caleb Carter
MONITORS :: Will Eubanks
SYSTEM ENGINEER :: John “JP” Howell
A2 :: Micheal Mangan Jr.
PA TECH :: Farren Dinh
PLAYBACK :: Isai Lugo
DRUM TECH :: Stefan Chippeaux
GUITAR TECH :: Josh Boyle
LIGHTING DESIGN :: Scott Holthaus
LIGHTING PROGRAMMING:: Joe Cabrera / Felix Peralta / Corban Garcia
FESTIVAL LIGHTING PROGRAMMING :: Austin Schneider
LIGHTING DIRECTOR :: Corban Garcia
LIGHTING CREW CHIEF :: Jason Lanning
LIGHTING TECH :: Ryken Salamy / Christian Silva / Ulises Mayen
RIGGER: Jonathan Perkis
LED CONTENT ARTISTS :: Connor Sullivan / Noisy Head Studios / StoryLoop
D3 PROGRAMMING :: Austin Schneider / Connor Sullivan
VIDEO DIRECTOR :: Rod Pimentel
CERTIFIED GENIUS :: Luke Bird (BIRD-MAN)
VIDEO CREW CHIEF :: Charles Sinaigo
VIDEO TECH :: Luis Pimentel / Cris Marbibi / Mason Hatfield
SFX DIRECTOR :: Jason Wakefield
SFX PROGRAMMING :: Tristan Ritz
SFX TEAM :: Aiden Lyons / Austin Everett
SET CARPS :: Davy Gordon / Justin Lambka / Joe Darby
WARDROBE / PA :: Kaitlyn Wiggers
SECURITY :: Brett Weiss / Rich Merfert
VIP NATION :: Makayla Boling
TOURING CONTENT :: Mason Isaac
LIGHTING VENDOR :: Premier Global Production
AUDIO VENDOR :: Clair Global
SFX VENDOR:: Strictly FX
STAGING VENDOR :: Gallagher
LED VENDOR :: Fuse Technical Group
VIDEO + CONTROL VENDOR :: Parallel Control Systems
TRUCKING :: 46 Logistics
Photos by @masonn1k
Shots from Jan-May with Bailey Zimmerman💥 A nice mix of festivals and special appearances. Super grateful to be a part of this amazing team.
The New To Country summer tour is in full *swing* right now, come check out a show!!
📸 @masonn1k
here’s to the craziest year of my life and every incredible human that i got to share it with 🫶
witnessed a once in a lifetime eclipse.
departed the beloved prestonwood north gang and jumped head first into touring.
only by God’s grace, i sped run from clubs to stadiums in 3 months. wow.
traveled to europe for the first time.
crossed the USA by rail and bus so many times i’ve lost count.
ended the year moving from dallas to nashville.
can’t wait to see what God does in 2025.
Had to share some shots from the last few shows with @bailey.zimmerman this year! Grateful for the opportunity to jump in with such a killer group of people. Looking forward to a great 2025!
📸 @masonn1k
Got the opportunity to jump on the tail end of @pesopluma ’s EXODO tour at the beginning of the fall to work with FollowMe alongside @rowdyrilez .
Thanks to @evanrodecap for the wonderful opportunity! Shoutout to everyone on the team for being so welcoming and supportive 🙏
Summer with Nate Smith was an absolute blast 💥
Thank you so so much to the amazing team who welcomed me in with open arms, y’all are incredible people and amazing at everything you do.
So grateful to have been apart of the World On Fire and Through The Smoke tours. Working on these tours brought me to my first ever stadium show at my hometown Cowboys Stadium which was an incredible experience.
Can’t wait to hit Europe with all y’all this spring!
Artist: @natesmith
Management: @thecoreent
Tour Manager: @adamaine
Assistant TM: @hannah_lane4
Production Manager: @marcelobermudez.wav
Lighitng Design and Programming: @seanwykoski@bigsmalldesigns
Lighting Director: @corbangarcia
Vendor: @elitemultimedia
LED Signs by: @edgelight_rgb
FOH: @thepauldow
BAND HAWGS
Drums: @nealyakopindrums
Electric: @ matty
Bass: @mikey_mcdowell_
Photos by the best ever @kaisercunningham
I’m turning the haze down just for you tonight 🙏
Also thanks to @yeh.sieun and @rj_cheney for jumping in for me on shows! Y’all rock!!
#lighting #lightingdirector #touring #DoILikeCountryNow?
FREEDOM 2024
finally caught up once again!
few shots from this past february at freedom. although the console crashed…my macbook in parallels with NPUs somehow survived the first session!
always a fun time!!
📸 @miketrichardson 🙏
🎥 also thanks to @rj_cheney for the loaner Osmo
#lightingdesign #lights #lightingprogrammer #grandma2 #ma2 #ma3